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dilating
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of dilate English)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dilating .] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see Latitude ); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre ...
Usage examples of dilating.
The sound, the rumbling, came from the P waves, the Primary or pressure waves, acting like sound waves pulsing through the ground, compressing and dilating the rock, pulling and pushing the earth, manifested as the ground moving violently up and down.